Thrilled to be guest-hosting dVerse Poetics today! Loving all things fantastical, my poem today uses “fantasia” as it relates to a musical free flow composition. Video from our deck in Bermuda, listening to the dawn. You’ll hear the Kiskadee (yellow bird) quite plainly. And this is one of my many feathered friends who came often to sit with me. Also applying to NaPoWriMo Day 12.

So glad you like it. Oh I miss those early Bermuda morns. Too cold to sit out on our Boston deck — and it overlooks the city so occasionally a pigeon or two can be seen 😳. But we do also love the city life! Just blessed to experience both. Looking forward to hosting this afternoon and evening!

A joyous piece, tantalizing for those of us who’ve never been to Bermuda. You really hooked me with the line /startled by scratching pen/–I actually still write all things out in long hand first, ala
Hemingway. Thanks for tending the Pub.

And I sit on my backsteps, coffee mug in hand listening to our southern birds. I love best the temple chime sounds of the cardinal singing, here! Over here over here! I tap things out in my mind and work them out there before committing to the computer. Nice to spend this delicious morning with you, hearing that happy kiskadee. When cold here, I wrap up in a quilt. How nice to have you here with us, sharing your morning music and joyous words. Hayesspencer is kanzensakura.

Ah…..so glad you equated hayesspencer with kanzensakura. I didn’t have that 🙂
Thank you for your lovely words here. Somehow, when I meet so many wonderful people in this poetic cyberspace, I wish there was indeed a real bar where we could all gather! Wouldn’t that be fun?
Sing an ode to spring 🙂
lillian

What a lovely companion to sit with you in the morning, Lillian. Such a sweet, gentle way to start the day. I never get up before dawn, or at dawn but there is much beauty and peace in those minutes before the day gets started. Thanks for being our guest host today!

Thank you — am enjoying myself immensely! 🙂
And as to the dawn….since I’ve retired, I’ve found myself savoring those early hours with a cup of coffee, pen and journal in hand. Bermuda’s deck was icing on the cake. Once the weather is warm in Boston, we also have a deck — buildings view/city scape — but still the outdoor air and coming morning light is special wherever we are.

The dawn seems even more special when you’re in an environment that you’re not usually in…like a vacation. I know you enjoyed your time in Bermuda very much and it was nice to get little snippets from you about your stay there.

Soothing to the soul. I sure had fun that one morning, trying to write down the sounds I heard. There are no words….so you have to listen closely and figure out what words or letters can make the sound you are hearing. Chirp, cheep, peep, hoot…………..not nearly enough.

Ah yes…..it was a reality those many morns I sat outside on our deck in Bermuda at dawn. As the sun rose, the birds began to sing — and create a fantasia — which is a free form music composition 🙂 ‘Twas beautiful!

I’ll take you along next year! Jan 28 to Feb 28, 2017. Come join us! 🙂 So glad you liked this one…did you listen to the video? The Kiskadee is my favorite, although the Bermudians hate this bird as it eats evertything — as it seeds, crops etc. It has a strong voice at the beginning of the video: kis-kah-dee — three sounds in one call.

Thanks. I tried to make the fantasia (composition) come alive….but very hard to write words that sound like the birds. Chirp, peep, hoot….there’s so much more….so many sounds it’s really hard to describe. Did you listen to the video? You can really hear the kiskadee (kiss-ka-dee) near the beginning. Glad you read it aloud 🙂

Oh my. Reading your reply here over my morning cup. “Double glazing” — now those are words ripe for a poem to surround them. And yep — another modern invention that seals us in. My mind leaps from this….I heard an interview yesterday on NPR with the children’s author Beverly Cleary – in her 80s now. And she talks about her childhood — and experiencing the joys of “freedom” in a childlike way….going outside to play hopscotch on the sidewalk, walking to school. Me thinks we “double glaze” our children now and live in response to fear. So — here’s to more birdsong in our lives! 🙂 Glad you liked this one.

Yes……..I’m enjoying my second cup in my study (back in Boston) and although there’s sunshine outside my windown, there’s also the red brick wall of a tall building with lots of windows — and no birds. So — I was just about to press play on this video myself. So glad I have it — 🙂
Glad you enjoyed!

Any time, Ava. But I’m back in Boston now — still have skeleton trees and our deck furniture is still piled up and glass door closed. Burrrrr……I do miss this lovely time in the mornings there. That’s why I did the video. I do love city life — and we are right in the middle of the city. But that means we have a buildings view from our deck — so some mornings I sip my coffee and watch this video a few times before starting my day. 🙂